Underwriting Consultant

**_Are you looking for a supportive, collaborative workplace with great teams and inspiring leaders? You’ve come to the right place. We’re looking for ambitious people who share our values and want to make every day better for people around the world. If this sounds like you, and the career below sounds exciting, we’d like to hear from you. _**

**Working Arrangement**

Hybrid

Manulife Group Benefits has an impressive market share in large corporate account business. Growth and client retention in this market segment requires innovative thinkers who can develop solutions that balance customer need with organizational capabilities.

Our Waterloo Group Benefits office has an immediate opportunity for two **Corporate Accounts Underwriting Consultants **to join our Existing Business Team.

**_Job Summary _**

The **Underwriting Consultant **will experience front line exposure, interdependence with a strong team of professionals, and opportunities both to learn from seasoned Underwriters and to mentor more junior staff. The main accountability will be managing underwriting risk which will drive profitable long-term financial results.

**_Responsibilities: _**
- Establish rates and retentions for new and existing Group Benefit plans ensuring that the appropriate target profitability levels are achieved
- Provide internal account management to proactively manage and/or respond to client requests relating to pricing and benefit changes
- Demonstrate a keen understanding of liability associated with various group benefits arrangements
- Prepare quotation submissions, including responses to questionnaires
- Work with internal partners to ensure administrative and plan design features can be managed
- Improve operating performance that results in long term financial success
- Negotiate contracts - financial arrangements, benefit plan provisions, service and performance standard agreements

**_Qualifications: _**
- Post Secondary education with an exceptional business, mathematical and analytical aptitude
- Deep understanding of the Group Insurance market, products and services
- Professional risk management expertise with demonstrated work related Underwriting experience within Group Benefits
- Bilingualism, French and English, is an asset
- Proven ability to effectively partner with and support sales teams
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills with exceptional proficiency in Excel (data manipulation such as pivot tables) and Word
- CEBS, GBA certification is encouraged and recommended

**_Skills and Competencies: _**
- Ability to make well-balanced decisions that take effective risk management, financial discipline and customer needs into account
- Strong business acumen with ability to communicate complex financial concepts, analyses and results in a clear, concise, easy to understand manner (written and verbal) including the ability to interact with Senior Management, representatives from other Divisions and external customers
- Strategic and creative thinker focused on finding solutions to unique customer needs
- Confident and expert negotiator with proven ability to build relationships and influence decision making
- Persuasive communicator with an ability to clearly articulate ideas and present information within various levels of the organization
- Motivated self-starter and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated ability to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage multiple priorities

**About John Hancock and Manulife**

**Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer